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Kenneth PorterKen is actuarial and international benefits consultant for the American Benefits Council. Ken works with the rest of the policy and advocacy staff on the full array of U.S. health, retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation matters on behalf of Council members. In addition, Ken has primary responsibility for international activity.Ken also serves as executive director of the American Benefits Institute, the policy and research affiliate of the American Benefits Council. He coordinates the Institute’s efforts to provide original research and collaboration for reports, analyses and information sharing forums that assist public policy makers, the media, Council members and other interested parties to enhance their understanding when considering timely and vital domestic and international employee benefits policy matters. Before joining the Council staff in 2009, Ken was the Council's Board of Directors representative (and onetime chair) from The DuPont Company. As DuPont's director, corporate insurance & global benefits financial planning, Ken was responsible for the company’s global property and casualty programs, for its captive insurance companies, and for the worldwide financial planning and actuarial policy with respect to the company’s employee benefits plans. He also served as the corporate chief actuary and as treasurer of ChemFirst, Inc., a chemical manufacturing subsidiary of DuPont. Ken has served under the direct appointments of senior administration and congressional officials of the U.S. government. He has also testified before committees and subcommittees of the U.S. Congress, the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He is a member of the Wharton Executive Education Advisory Board, and has served in a variety of leadership capacities for the actuarial profession in the United States.
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